Drug dealer dad hid cocaine inside baby son's nappies

The 45-year-old father-of-two also used his teenage step-daughter to act as his accomplice and lookout.

But police were not put off by the dirty business and seized the man and his 16-year-old step-daughter in a crackdown on drugs in the town of Altas Cumbres, in the Chilean capital city of Santiago.

Officers had been tipped off by neighbours who had seen the man take the drugs from the baby’s nappies and selling them.

“The baby had been fitted with two nappies, and the drugs were hidden between the two”

A police spokesman

Police also searched two houses nearby and seized a total of 3,000 wraps of cocaine.

The man, 45, whose name has not been published, was arrested and has appeared in court charged with dealing.

A police spokesman confirmed: "A 45-year-old man has been arrested and is accused of drug dealing on the streets in Atlas Cumbres.

"The baby had been fitted with two nappies, and the drugs were hidden between the two and were recovered by officers who had carried out a search."

In 2013, over 30,000 people were arrested for drug offences in the country as police try to crackdown on drug related crime. Nearly a quarter of those arrested were drug dealers and police are facing an uphill battle to keep the streets clean.